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2 unusual facts about March 2005


Hochfilzen

In 2005 (March 4–13) it hosted the Biathlon World Championships, as it also did in 1978 and 1998, and is a regular venue in the annual IBU World Cup series.

Munaf v. Geren

-- rescue and arrest -->In March of 2005, Munaf traveled to Iraq alongside three Romanian journalists to act as their guide and translator.



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2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup

The 2004–05 FIS Cross-Country World Cup started in Düsseldorf on 23 October 2004 and finished in Falun on 20 March 2005.

2nd Light Armored Reconnaissance Battalion

Delta Co. returned from February to September 2004 and Alpha Co. from September 2004 to March 2005 and then Charlie Co. returned from March to October 2005 to patrol in the southwestern portion of Al Anbar Province.

Aasutosh Panigrahi

The largest indoor mural measures 904 m² (9,731 ft²) and was painted by six artists from 27 February to 5 March 2005 at Shyam Vatika, Saraswati Estate, Cimmco Tiraha, Gwalior, India.

Abel Goumba

Goumba, who was President of the Patriotic Front for Progress (FPP) political party, served under President François Bozizé as Prime Minister from March 2003 to December 2003 and then as Vice-President from December 2003 to March 2005.

Aleksandr Mostovoi

Having not played for over eight months, and at the age of 36, Mostovoi signed a contract with Dmitry Pietrman's Deportivo Alavés in early March 2005, initially until the end of the second level campaign.

Alto Malcantone

It was formed on 13 March 2005 from the earlier municipalities of Arosio, Breno, Fescoggia, Mugena and Vezio.

Anti-pharming

In March 2005, U.S. Senator Patrick Leahy (D-VT) introduced the Anti-Phishing Act of 2005, a bill that proposes a five-year prison sentence and/or fine for individuals who execute phishing attacks and use information garnered through online fraud such as phishing and pharming to commit crimes such as identity theft.

Augustine Geve

The three men were convicted for the crime and several other murders in March 2005 by High Court judge (and future Governor General) Frank Kabui, who sentenced them to life in gaol.

Blue Air

At its founding, Blue Air also operated a domestic Bucharest-Timişoara flight, though this was discontinued in March 2005 due to low demand and competition from TAROM as well as Căile Ferate Române, the Romanian rail company.

City Star Airlines

City Star Airlines started operations on 28 March 2005 with one aircraft flying between Aberdeen, Scotland (Aberdeen Airport) and Oslo (Oslo Gardermoen Airport) in cooperation with and on the AOC of domestic airline Landsflug in Iceland.

Clipper route

In March 2005, Bruno Peyron and crew on the catamaran Orange II set a new world record for a circumnavigation by the clipper route, of 50 days, 16 hours, 20 minutes and 4 seconds.

Consumers Union

In March 2005, CU campaign PrescriptionforChange.org released "Drugs I Need", an animated short with a song from the Austin Lounge Lizards, that was featured by The New York Times, JibJab, BoingBoing, and hundreds of blogs.

Daniel Majstorović

Although he played well at Twente, his time there was shrouded in controversy — in March 2005, he was cleared of a seven game Eredivisie ban for allegedly elbowing FC Groningen forward Martin Drent and in December of the same year he was involved in a training ground confrontation with team-mate Blaise Nkufo.

Darfur Peace and Accountability Act

The Darfur Accountability Act (S. 495) was introduced on 2 March 2005, by former Sen. Jon Corzine (D-NJ).

Derek Boyer

Boyer currently holds the Guinness World Record for heaviest truck pulled, after he pulled a Kenworth K104 truck weighing 51,840 kg (114,287 lb - 51.84 metric tons) over a level 100 ft (30.48 m) course in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, on 6 March 2005.

Douglas C. Bennett

Earlham College, during Bennett's tenure, gained national media attention when political analyst and Fox News commentator William Kristol, was hit with an ice cream pie by a student while giving a speech on foreign policy in March 2005.

Gor Sunguh Commission

Between April 2003 and March 2005 Gor Sunguh was the chairman of the ‘Parliamentary Select Committee Investigating Circumstances Leading to the Death of the Late Dr. Robert Ouko, EGH, MP’ tasked with investigating the death of former Kenyan Foreign Affairs Minister, Dr Robert Ouko, in February 1990 .

Gudauta District

On 29 March 2005, newly elected President Sergei Bagapsh replaced Beslan Dbar as the Head of Gudauta's Administration by Daur Vozba.

Halton Curve

On 8 March 2005, the then Transport Minister Tony McNulty announced in Parliament that the resignalling work is currently scheduled for 2010 and the future of the Halton Curve will be "resolved" by then.

Integrated Guided Missile Development Program

Nag was test fired for the 45th time on 19 March 2005 from the Test Range at Ahmednagar (Maharastra), signalling the completion of the developmental phase.

Israel–New Zealand relations

The Israeli Deputy Chief of Chief of Staff, Gabi Ashkenazi, was denied permission to visit New Zealand to speak at a private fund-raising event in March 2005 because of the freeze on visits from Israeli officials.

Jenna Leigh Green

She opened the role of Nessarose, on the First North American Tour, which opened March 2005.

Jessica Kirkland

Kirkland's biggest career highlight was reaching the fourth round of the Tier I Pacific Life Open at Indian Wells in March 2005, beating number 22-seeded Marion Bartoli 6–0, 6–1 en route.

Joy Destiny Tobing

In March 2005, Tobing terminated her contract with BMG Indonesia which, in September 2004, released her Idol album Terima Kasih.

Juan José Carbó

In March 2005, the Universidad de Alicante awarded Carbó with "el premio Notario del Humor" ("the Notary of humor" Award)) in recognition of his entire career, along with Marin Xaquín who was another honoree.

Kantipur Publications

In March 2005, Narayan Wagle, editor in chief of Kantipur, was held for questioning by police on suspicion of criticizing the king in print.

LA Podcasters

In March 2005 Lance Anderson (Verge of the Fringe and The Lance Anderson Podcast Experiment), Dan Klass (The Bitterest Pill), Tim Coyne (The Hollywood podcast), Grant Baciocco (The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd) and others began to meet at the Farmer's Market in order to establish a Podcasting Organization in the Greater Los Angeles community to foster the growth and development of the podcasting community.

Lourdes Central School, Mangalore

The administrative block and all other facilities were blessed by Rev. Dr. Aloysius Paul D'Souza, Bishop of Mangalore and inaugurated by Mr. Oscar Fernandes, M.P. on 13 March 2005.

Mangal Raj Joshi

Dr. Joshi died in Kathmandu on 2 March 2005 from a combination of kidney problems and a heart attack, according to his son, Dr. Badri Raj Joshi, B.A., M.S.C. (Predictive Astrology), Ph.D., PGA.

Marianne des Français series

Before March 2005, a letter for France or the Western Europa cost the same price ; since March 2005, a letter for a country of the European Union cost 2 cents more (0.55 €).

Maurizio Landini

On 30 March 2005 Landini was elected to the national secretariat of the FIOM, the metalworkers' union of the Italian General Confederation of Labour.

McMurtrey Aquatic Center

Stuart and Misty Rex made it into The Guinness Book of World Records, with their March 2005 nuptials at the aquatic center, for the largest underwater wedding ever performed.

National Police Memorial Australia

A competition for the design was sponsored by the Australasian Police Ministers' Council (APMC), launched on 2 March 2005 by Senator Christopher Ellison, the Federal Minister for Justice and Customs.

Our Label Records

Our Label Records was founded in March 2005 by DJ Gu from Bremen, Germany and his brother Andreas Gutjahr, London, England to produce and publish funk mainly on 7" vinyl.

Passerelle Simone-de-Beauvoir

In March 2005, Bertrand Delanoë, the mayor of Paris, proposed naming it "Passerelle Simone de Beauvoir" and inaugurated the bridge on July 13, 2006, with de Beauvoir's adoptive daughter Sylvie Le Bon-de Beauvoir in attendance.

Periwinkle at the Full Moon Ball

Beez Entertainment and Seven Sept released it on DVD in March 2005, on the third volume of this show's second season.

Pokémon XD: Gale of Darkness

In March 2005, Nintendo of America executive Reggie Fils-Aimé said that Pokémon XD would be a new GameCube game, but not a sequel to Colosseum.

Ptolemaic Terrascope

In March 2005, editor Phil McMullen announced that the magazine would be coming under new management and relocating from Britain to North America.

Rachel Kimsey

Kimsey portrayed Mackenzie Browning on the soap opera The Young and the Restless beginning in March 2005 but was let go from the soap after only a year, making her last appearance on May 17, 2006.

Ravindra Wijegunaratne

He has served as Commanding Officer of SLNS Sayura the flag ship of navy and from November 2001 to March 2005.

Reforms of French orthography

On 23 March 2005, a version of Encarta was published using the new spelling, and, on 14 April 2005, an update of Microsoft Office was offered.

Richard Nixon Presidential Library and Museum

In March 2005, the Nixon Foundation invited the National Archives to jointly operate the Nixon Library, and then-Archivist of the United States Allen Weinstein allowed for the Nixon Library to become the twelfth federally funded presidential library, operated and staffed by NARA in conjunction with the Nixon Foundation.

Squeegee

According to Guinness World Records, the world's fastest window cleaner is Terry Burrows of South Ockendon, Essex, England, who cleaned three standard 45-inch × 45-inch office windows set in a frame in 9.24 seconds at the National Exhibition Centre in Birmingham in March 2005.

Stereo Type

The first performance took place on 5 March 2005 in the Deiniol Shopping Centre, Bangor.

Symphony in Peril

In March 2005, shortly after releasing their second album, The Whore's Trophy, the band announced that vocalist Shawn Jonas had left the band.

Teluk Dalam

On 28 March 2005, the 2005 Sumatra earthquake destroyed many ancient sites and many people were killed.

Vache Sharafyan

Among Sharafyan’s participated festivals in 2005-2011 are: in January 2005 Budapest Mini Festival; in March 2005 in Transcaucacian Festival of Modern Music in Georgia; Mansfield Symphony concert at Renaissance Theatre with premiering of Tenor Saxophone Concerto played by maestro James Houlik and cond.

Walter Arendt

Walter Arendt (born 17 January 1925 in Heessen; died 7 March 2005 in Bornheim) was a German politician of the Social Democratic Party (SPD).

World Industries

In March 2005, Plan B was resurrected by team member and part-owner, Danny Way.